Arachnida

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Noun

Arachnida - a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs; have four pairs of walking legs and no wingsclass ArachnidaChelicerata, superclass Chelicerata - spiders; scorpions; horseshoe crabsarachnid, arachnoid - air-breathing arthropods characterized by simple eyes and four pairs of legsOpiliones, order Opiliones, order Phalangida, Phalangida - harvestmenorder Scorpionida, Scorpionida - true scorpionsChelonethida, order Chelonethida, order Pseudoscorpiones, order Pseudoscorpionida, Pseudoscorpiones, Pseudoscorpionida - false scorpionsorder Pedipalpi, order Uropygi, Pedipalpi, Uropygi - whip scorpionsAraneae, Araneida, order Araneae, order Araneida - spidersAcarina, order Acarina - mites and ticksclass - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders

Translations

Arachnides

Arachnida

[ah-rak´nĭ-dah] a class of animals of the phylum Arthropoda, including 12 orders, comprising such forms as spiders, scorpions, ticks, and mites.

A·rach·ni·da

(ă-rak'ni-dă), A class of arthropods in the subphylum Chelicerata, consisting of spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, mites, ticks, and allies. [G. arachnē, spider]

A·rach·ni·da

(ă-rak'ni-dă) A class of arthropods in the subphylum Chelicerata, consisting of spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, mites, and ticks. [G. arachnē, spider]

Arachnida

Related to Arachnida: Malacostraca, Merostomata, Myriapoda

noun

Synonyms for Arachnida

noun a large class of arthropods including spiders and ticks and scorpions and daddy longlegs

Synonyms

class Arachnida

Related Words

Chelicerata
superclass Chelicerata
arachnid
arachnoid
Opiliones
order Opiliones
order Phalangida
Phalangida
order Scorpionida
Scorpionida
Chelonethida
order Chelonethida
order Pseudoscorpiones
order Pseudoscorpionida
Pseudoscorpiones
Pseudoscorpionida
order Pedipalpi
order Uropygi
Pedipalpi
Uropygi
Araneae
Araneida
order Araneae
order Araneida
Acarina
order Acarina
class